On Thursday, 23rd October 2025 , I had the honour of chairing a Roundtable Discussion on the Definition of Maritime Piracy under Ghanaian Law . The event was jointly organised by the University of Ghana School of Law  and the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences , under the auspices of the Ocean Governance Research and Development Project . The roundtable brought together a select group of legal scholars, practitioners, maritime security experts, and representatives fr

“When you drop your cake there will always be people who will try to pick up the pieces” — Baraka Yakubu

Rear Admiral J.R. Hill, in his book Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers , classified states into Super Powers, Medium Powers, and Small...